Clara Podda (born 19 July 1951)[1] is an Italian para table tennis player and para swimmer who has won two medals at the Summer Paralympics.

Clara Podda
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1951-07-19) 19 July 1951 (age 72)
Cagliari, Italy
Sport
Country Italy
SportPara table tennis
DisabilityParaplegia
Disability classC2
ClubSaint Lucia Sports Club
Coached byAlessandro Arcigli
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing  Italy
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team class 1–3
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Class 1–2
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Gwangju Team class 1–3
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Montreux Class 1–2

Biography edit

Married with two children, she competed in swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.[2] She was fourth in the individual para table tennis tournament in the 2000 Summer Paralympics and also in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, before she won her first medals in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  2. ^ "Podda Clara". paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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